The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-02-03
D0lNGS OF CONGRESS.


SENATE in the Senate, Mr. Cullom
stated hat ON February he would offer
proper resolutions and ask the Senate 10 take
proper action with reference 10 the life and
serv ces of his late colleague, Senator Logan.
Mr. Cockrell offered resolution, which
was adopted, calling on the secretary OF war
for a report as to the number of Gains filed
in the war department under the act OF June
8, 1884, etc, in regard to the number of vol>
upte,rs),
Mr.. Cullom offered the following reso,u-
lion, VIII CHI was adopted:
Whereas, Since March 81, 1850, the secre-
tary of the treasury, in his monthly state.
ments, has treated the fractional coin in the
treasury as no portion Of the cash balance
available; therefore
Re 80 we'd, That the finance committee of
the Senate be authorized and directed to eX-
anime into this subject, and report whether
additional legislation il requisite to make
the fractional silver coin now held in the
treasury a part of the available cash bal
ance; and also whether it will be, or not
judicious to provide for having such frac-
tlonal silver coin recoined into stan lard sl-
yer dollars.
The House b II for the relief of dependent
parents and honorably discharged soldiers
and sailors, who are now disabled and de-
pendent upon their own labor for support
was takennp. After some discussion which
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Collum and Sewell, passed without division.
HoUsE-The speaker announced the I'M
finished usineSs to be til river and harbor
appropriation bill The bill was passed
yeas l54 nlys 94-in the exact form in which
IL was reported from the comm ttee on
rivers and haruors.
Mr.. Hammond of Georgia. from the COM
mittee on the Judiciary, reported adversely
,o;, ,N,o,yi1ipr for tho alort on
of United States senators by the people of
the states.
At the request of Mr. Weaver of Iowa, the
joint resolution was paced upon the House
calendar
After considerable discussion. filbustering
tactics were resorted to- to prevent vote
on the bill Finally, Mr.. Springer of Hi
nos in tho interest of the bill, moved that
The hou e take a recess until tomorrow a.
II O'Clock Agreed to-yeas 100; nays, "A,
The effect of this is to continue the legs-
lative day of Thursday over until TONER
rows session, when the b II will come up as
unfinished business, and its consideration
can then be continued as long as the house
may desire.
Friday, Jan. IS.
SENATE.-Mr. Edmuuds, in presenting a
memorial from manufacturers and business
men in Vermont for repeal or reduction of
internal revenue taxes said that many such
petitions had been presented. In presenting
III and moving its references to the commit
tee on finance, he wished to urge on that
committee the importance of the subject of
reducing, if not altogether repeating, this
remnant of the unpe .SlntneSS OF 70 years
ago He should be ad to see the country
restored / such business conditions as had
existed before that time, and to have the re-
sources of The government obtained entirely
from importations and the little incidental
matters of land, etc, instead of keeping up
an army of internal revenue tax galherers,
inspectors, and all that sort of thing. He
hoped the committee would take the matter
into serious consideration. Referred 10 the
committee on fiuance.
The act granting pensions to dependent
parents of soldiers, etc having been returned
by the Eoue (Is askei by Mr.. Hoar who
had moved to reconsider the vote passing
itl, MIR. Platt stated that the motion to re-
cons der had been made at his request. The
bill pensioned survivors of tn, Black Hawk,
Tennessee and several other Indian wars
That he did hot object to, but he wished to
refer to somo statistics as to the amount
that the bill was going to require, and COM
pare it with the amount which it would re-
quire for Union soldiers. He would do
that soon.
Two messages from the President, vetoing
VIC VII 81 ii pcuSIOu ~ DeuJulllIl
Otekiah and the bill for the elef of II. X.
Belding were presen ed and read,
Mr.. Hoar withdrew his motion 10 recon-
slider tie vote by which the dependent
parents pen ion bill was passed yesterday.
He explained that he had an objection to the
clause about dependent parents; but he did
not wish by Offering an amendment to i'm
peril the final passage OF the bill.
HOUsE.-The House went into commit ee
Of the whole on the pleurc-pneumonia bill.
Mr. Funston of kansa; and Mr.. Conger of
Iowa favored the bill, and urged the necessity
of national action to extirpate The disease,
and to prevent its spreading among the vast
cattle herds of the West.
Mr.. SwinLurn Of New York and Mr. War
ner opposed the bill. Several other MEM
bers took part in the debate.
Upon motion of Mr.. Hemphill of South
Carolina an amendment was adopted aut hor-
lZing the COMM sioner to employ force
within the limits of the appropriation made
by Congress, provided that no debt against
the government Shall be CT Gated under the
provisions OF this bill
Mr.. Swinburne of New York offered an
amendment providing that the force em-
ployed shall include three experts of scien-
titic attachments and not less than six years
actual experience in sanitary and pathology
cal work, and especially in the Investigation
of contagious diseases, and to aid these ex
perts in their investigations all necessary all
shall be rendered by the commissioner of ag-
ricnlture
Mr.. Swinburne's amendment was adopted
-114 to %.
As the legislative day of Thursday was
still continuing unanimous consent was re-
CURED for tie holding Of the weekly night
session for the consideration of pension bills,
and Mr.. Wallace of Louisiana objecting the
house, at $50, adjourned.